By purchasing yarn from String Theory, you’re lifting up a number of small and female-owned businesses. We help women in Rwanda, who survived the genocide, educate a new generation. We help women in Uruguay find meaningful work without leaving their rural homes. We help a family in New Hampshire maintain a mill, a tradition spanning hundreds of years. We help restore the Patagonia Grasslands by encouraging sustainable farming.Every yarn we stock makes a positive impact.
North Ave Twist
$32.00
100% non-superwash wool;
2-ply woolen spun
215 yd/197M 50 g skein
North Ave is a woolen-spun, hand-dyed, marled yarn. Harrisville spins the fiber, and Plied Yarns hand-dyes it in Baltimore.
The Midway and BWI colors are named for the airports that Ann travels through to visit our shop. They are exclusive to String Theory.
North Ave is technically a fingering weight but can often be substituted for sport and DK.
Pattern Suggestions:
Benchmark
Dotted Rays - shawl
Emsworth - vest
Aphra - pullover
Pinia - colorwork pullover
The Shift - cowl
Impact: Plied is co-owned by Karida Collins and Ann Weaver, two people who are committed to raising the profile of Black lives and causes. Plied is milled by a family-owned mill in New Hampshire.